Information Services - Data Collection

SIF Weekly Update - May 2, 2013

Dear SIF District,

The State SIF Program 2013 has been moving forward and gaining momentum. We are pleased to announce that SchoolBrains, IMG and MMS are beginning the final phase of the State SIF Vendor Certification with the on-boarding of their first districts including Foxborough Regional Charter School, Ashland Public Schools, and Westport Public Schools respectively. The districts that were able to certify last October and the districts that have been placed on-hold for the above vendors will be prioritized next for the on-boarding process. The remaining districts for these vendors will be able to reserve a SIF on-boarding date via a SIF reservation system that will be available on the ESE website.

Follett/X2, Rediker, Pearson, SunGard, and Infinite Campus have not yet begun the State SIF Agent Vendor Certification Process. The timeline for their districts on-boarding depends entirely on when they complete the certification testing and their first district is placed into our production environment. The State is following the same SIF on-boarding process and scheduling as I previously described for SchoolBrains, IMG and MMS.

Therefore, assuming your vendor certifies by May 30th and their first dress rehearsal district who certified last October is on-boarded by June 15th, their remaining districts will be either previously prioritized or able to schedule a SIF on-boarding date via our ESE SIF reservation system.

The ESE SIF District process is comprised of two phases: Pre-On-Boarding and On-Boarding.

The pre-on-boarding phase is designed to ensure high data quality and a successful district on-boarding effort. This process includes:

Brief kick off meeting (including training)

Provides an overview of the pre-on-boarding and on-boarding processes

Provides a detailed review of the "data cleansing" process and supporting documentation